Storing structure.



Patented Oct. 2,1917.

2 SHEET$SHEET L APPLICATION HLED MAR. 27. 1916.

M. LYNCH. STORING STRUCTU WITNESS:

M. LYNCH. STORING STRUCTURE. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 27. ms.

Patented Oct. 2,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Arrow/Er.

I the improved structure I provide in the pre-' .miee were I .MIQ A I LYNCH, F Q NEWJ-E E' T i sroninc sTRUcTUnE. 'f

To all whom iii-concern:

Be; itlrnown that I, .MronAn LYNCH, a citizen ,of. the. United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain .neW.

andv useful Improvements in Storing Structures, ofhwhich the following isa specifica; tion v I J This invention relates to structures for the storing of coal, grain I and thelike materials, One object of the invention is to,"

provide a; storing structure in which var ous klndsior gradesof material can be stored in away facilitatingtheir being se-I- lectivelydeposited in their appointedbins or compartments, and their withdrawal therefrom insuch manner? as to avoid,.asmuchas posslble, interference. withone another of the wagons or other vehicles which come to the structure tobe loaded at the same time, the invention has for its further object to make the structure as strong, compact. and durable as possible and also adapted to withstand the pressure of heavy loads not: always equally distributed in its several bins or compartments.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved structure; q I

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, partly broken Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of sald structure on approximately the line wm, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on substantially the line y in Fig. 3 and on a somewhat larger scale; and,

' Fig. 5 is a horizontal fragmentary sec tional view through the lower part of the cupola.

To support the lOlIlS or compartments of ferred construction a central column, pillar or pier a and a series of columns, pillarsor piers 6 arranged 'equidistantly from each other in a circle around the pillar or column-a.

The column a, as herein shown, includes a reduced upper portion or extension 0 around which are arranged, on the columns I), the aforesaid bins or compartments, which are built up as follows: i

(Z denotes vertical Walls radiating in equidistant relation to each otherfroin the column-exten'sion 0, and in the preferred construct on extendlng each .to a greater dis- Sipec ificatio ri of Letters Patentf tance-lfrom the .columnc o than is repre sented by thecirclein which stand the col.-.

umns b. Thesewalls form thepartitions between. thezseveral bins, whose outer walls PatentedOct-2,l917, ppl cabnfi edmarch.27, 191s. seria1. i,o.s7,p3o.-' 1

e jointh'e -walls cl attheir outer-extremities,

standing vertically. -Forming the bottom of each bin aregthe walls f, g. and it, walls 9,; I

h,: sloping towardeachother and all three walls all sloping toward, the discharge outlet ii o f the bin, arranged half-way between thej-two corresponding columns 6, wall 7 extending inwardly from; the corresponding outerwall e andiwalls -g-Zr.from the twolpartition ,walls 1d. -Each outlet ipreferably has; its-bottom side'z". a continuationgof oriflush,

withl the bottom, of the channel. formed by the walls g h where-they adjoin eachother,

and. it. may be equipped with a suitable form of chute. j and a door or valve hoperatedw by hand fromthe outside... r

Each binds} coveredby the roof-wall ior I section; Z, these=severalwalls abutting; each other; at their sidesiandata their: outer ex.*

tremities the vertical outer walls '6; they are supported partly: by being. pitched upwardly steward.- a common centerand abutting on each otherand partlybythe partition walls d, which, however, near, the center of the.

structure extend short of said walls'Z, leaving a clear space m above them; The walls Z are surmounted by a cupola a havingv an opening ;0 in one side and a central opening 9 in its floorin which is received the distributing hopper, to, be described;

For strengtheningv the body of the struc ture, particularly against bulging under the pressure of its contents, I preferably provide a beam or girder 1' extending clear around the same on the'inside and situated about surface being beveled, .as shown.

The entire 5 structure asv so far described is preferably formed as an artificial monolithic body, being composed of concrete, re-

inforced by rods, bars or the,like s, as best shown in F ig. 4. It is therefore. exceedingly strong and compact, the bins not only i I having common support upon each other and on central column ac, but support also'on the columnsb, which are arranged well underthe bins so as to assume the main portion of the load and at thev same time allow the wagons or other vehicles to be loaded from the bins to stand, out of the way of others passing aroundthe structure,

well under the same. By pitchingeach wall f inwardly and downwardly and the walls 9 and h outwardlyand downwardly to the circle represented by the pillars?) and toward each other I not only cause vthe contents of each bin to fall, when released, toward the outlet 2', but increase the strength of'the structure in a way to reduce the mass of the underpinning aiforded by the columns b.

The hopper aforesaid, denoted t, turns on a pivot u and roller bearings Q) on a plate to which surmounts the column a0, and it has a spout 00 adapted to discharge into any particular bin on the hopper being turned to bring the spout into register therewith. This is accomplished in the present instance by turning a vertical shaft y arranged to rotate in one of the walls 03, having a handle .2 at its lower end and a pinion 2 at it supper end meshing with a gear 3 on the hopper.

The coal or other material may be delivered from a railway siding 4 into the pit 5, and from there conducted up to and delivered into the hopper by the chain or other conveyer 6.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A storing structure consisting of a series of substantially triangular bins arranged around a common Vertical axis and each laterally abutting on two other bins in Copies of this patent may be obtained for said series, and spaced columns supporting said series of bins and arranged around and in substantially a circle concentric with said axis and appreciably less in diameter than the series of bins, each bin having an outer bottom wall sloping inwardly and downwardly, and inner bottom walls sloping outwardly and downwardly, toward and meeting at said circle, the said inner bottom walls also sloping toward each other, and each bin having an outlet at substantially where the bottom walls thereof meet.

2. A storing structure consisting of a series of substantially triangular bins arranged around a common vertical aXis and each laterally abutting on two other bins in said series, and spaced columns supporting said series of bins and arranged around and in substantially a circle concentric with said axis and appreciably less in diameter than the series of bins, each bin having an outer bottom wall sloping inwardly and downwardly, and inner bottom walls sloping outwardly and downwardly, toward and meeting at said circle, the said inner bottom walls also sloping toward each other, and each bin having an outlet in itsouter bottom wall at the juncture of said wall with the two inner bottom walls.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

MICHAEL LYNCH.

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Washington, D. C. 

